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DEVALUATION
Definition of DEVALUATION
noun
The removal or lessening of something's value.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + valuation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEVALUATION · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEVALUATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 111 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEVALUATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADEILNOTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DEVALUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found DEVALUATION?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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